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Yuillegan:
BA - I guess all rules are made to be broken, to a point. I guess we will see how well Jim handles it. Some will hate it, some won't care, some will love it. Nature of the business.
I am aware that all humans have the potential to do magic, and I think it is a reasonable guess to assume it is to do with having a soul. But the origins of why and how are interesting to me, and I hope that Jim explores that more thoroughly. And yes, why some have greater talent/poential is also an interesting avenue.
An interesting thing is the way it has been discussed, people have always assumed that when a Choice is presented there are only two options (and therefore only two Universes created) per Choice. But what if each Choice has multiple options? That would astronomically increase the size of the prize, and indeed the problem.
Morris - I do hope you are able to see the end. For what its worth, whatever your personal circumstances, I have heard Jim say that he has given ARC's to people who are in the Armed Forces and who are sick in hospital etc. He might even tell you some extra details, if you reach out. Just my opinion though.
didymos:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on April 07, 2020, 12:06:54 AM ---I am aware that all humans have the potential to do magic, and I think it is a reasonable guess to assume it is to do with having a soul.
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Faeries have magic and they don't have souls.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on April 07, 2020, 12:06:54 AM ---An interesting thing is the way it has been discussed, people have always assumed that when a Choice is presented there are only two options (and therefore only two Universes created) per Choice. But what if each Choice has multiple options?
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My interpretation: A Choice is acting against one's nature. Therefore the options are exercise Free Will or don't. When a Choice is made, it is a specific action. The alternative isn't all possible Choices but whatever action a (perfect) deterministic model of the universe would have predicted. While someone could Choose many different paths, they only Chose one that they did. The other timeline isn't a different Choice. It's a lack of Choice.
I'd much prefer a system in which every splinter was a different Choice and none of them were the lack of Choice.
morriswalters:
My personal problem is age. That and Jim's desire to write 24, or given the latest, more books. That is the arrow of time for ya.
@Bad Alias
The is no such thing as not making a choice. The very act of not doing anything is itself a choice.
@Yuillegan
This is the Dresdenverse, only Harry matters. If you believe in the multiverse then the idea of an infinite number of universes shouldn't be all that strange to you. After Heinlein wrote Methuselah's Children he wrote of a universe where everything ever thought of was real and existed somewhere. There is a car named Gay Deceiver, which has a door which opens in to OZ. Almost every character Heinlein created is in that book.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on April 07, 2020, 01:44:37 AM ---@Bad Alias
The is no such thing as not making a choice. The very act of not doing anything is itself a choice.
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There's a reason I chose to capitalize Choice and Free Will. I'm not talking about a choice but a Choice. An act against one's nature. One could Choose not to act, or one could not act because that is one's nature. One is an exercise of free will and the other isn't. An act of free will is a Choice. Everything else is not.
--- Quote ---you'd be shocked how seldom people truly choose to exercise their will within their lives.
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Uriel in The Warrior responding to Dresden's statement that what Uriel was saying "smelled" a lot like predestination.
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